RTS Reflector

[snaketales]

Rumoured as a remold of Perceptor, but I haven't seen anyone actually make one. Most of the customs using this mold are of turning Perceptor into Soundwave.
Normally this would be a straight repaint,but I had used the shoulders for my custom Camshaft, so I had to rig some up using the leftovers from a classics 2-pack Optimus. I had to replace both the shoulders and the shoulder ball joints.
If I find more cheap Perceptors I may start troop-building.
(and yes I know Reflector is usually the name for the camera mode... call this the All Hail Megatron/G1 cartoon Reflector)


http://i58.tinypic.com/10xgf2t.jpg
As you can see I still haven't mastered properly transforming this mold.

http://i57.tinypic.com/2zssbnk.jpg

http://i60.tinypic.com/2wrpv1i.jpg

[griffin]

Ever since that announcement of a Perceptor redeco being Reflector (that never happened), it amazes me that Funpub never did that with their BotCon 3-packs... having them all the same colour like the cartoon (with one having a camera lens sticker on the chest).

[Lint]

Nicely executed Snakey! Maybe you could fashion some kind of camera accessory to put on the roof the alt mode so you can claim he's a 'Recon' or 'Google maps' truck.

[UltraMarginal]

Nice work, good colour selection and head rework.

might the difficulty transforming be related to the different shoulder parts you've used?

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

That's a great head job you've done there!!










Oh, Whaaaaat??:p

[Deonasis]

Ever since that announcement of a Perceptor redeco being Reflector (that never happened), it amazes me that Funpub never did that with their BotCon 3-packs... having them all the same colour like the cartoon (with one having a camera lens sticker on the chest).
This is FubPub we are talking about.. does it reeeally amaze you? :rolleyes:

Oh and great job snaketales! You always match the colours perfectly :cool:

[snaketales]

Thanks for the comments everyone - especially you Tets. :rolleyes:




might the difficulty transforming be related to the different shoulder parts you've used?

I'm pretty sure it isn't - they seemed to fit in fine where the normal shoulders would go. I think it's just me.

[Bidoofdude]

I'd love the heck out of that, even if they did it for the current Generations line. It's a good mould. :)

[snaketales]

Bump for reinforcements! One more to go....

http://i62.tinypic.com/2co1xde.jpg

http://i57.tinypic.com/2i7wcap.jpg
I also made what I like to think looks like a camera from Perceptor's weapon.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

:eek:

That's pretty damned good!

[ChlorHex]

Very nice.
What paints do you use?
They're very effective in masking the base plastic.

[snaketales]

Thanks.. for this one I used Humbrol enamel for the green and Aqueous Hobby Colour for the purples - and a spray of dullcote

[snaketales]

Made the third and final member, and added a lens from some Gundam builder parts pack to one of them.

http://i58.tinypic.com/jhbmdh.jpg

Why is there three of them when they don't combine into a camera? Uhhhh... look over there! (slams door, runs away)

[prjkt]

I kinda like the smaller shoulders on the centre one there - makes his arms a little less long - I've found my perceptors' arms to be a little too long in some poses, but maybe I'm just weird.

Anyway, great trio!

[M-bot]

No doubt about it Snaketes - you're an ideas man!:D

Great execution, as usual. So what if they don't become a camera? They will look great on a classics shelf.

[octopunchshotfisrt]

That's a bloody beaut!